ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,821, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Akron Polymer Systems Inc. (Akron, Ohio).

"Optical films based on styrenic fluoropolymer and acrylic copolymer" was invented by Peiyao Wang (Hudson, Ohio), Frank Harris (Boca Raton, Fla.), Thauming Kuo (Kingsport, Tenn.), Wentao Li (Kingsport, Tenn.), Alan Phillips (Johnson City, Tenn.), Bin Wang (Kingsport, Tenn.), Dong Zhang (Hudson, Ohio) and Xiaoliang Zheng (Hudson, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical compensation films based on polymer blends formed from particular compositions of a styrenic fluoropolymer and acrylic copolymers are provided. The optical compensation films have desi...